Chapter 61: chapter 61

Neelam – Okay. His name is Ajay. He is six feet tall. He is from a baniya family. Aman – What does he do? Neelam – He is an engineer. He is thirty years old. Aman – What kind of girl are you looking for? I didn’t want to ask these kinds of questions but I had to ask for I had to show them that I was doing my business very seriously. Neelam – We are looking for a girl from baniya family itself. She must be well educated and doing a good job. Aman – Any expectation? I mean dowry?Neelam – No, we don’t have any expectation. We don’t want any kind of dowry. For a while, I thought her family is very genuine. They are not greedy but then she said, “We don’t want anything but what a girl’s parents is supposed to give, they should give.”I thought, “What! What’s the meaning of that? Just now she told me that they don’t want anything and now they are saying what a girl’s parents is supposed to give, they should give! Is she asking for dowry in a very indirect way? Very smart! Uff! I can’t believe even in 2022 boys’ families are interested in dowry!”Aman – Okay, I got your point. Don’t worry. You just send your brother’s snaps on my whats app number and send other details of your brother that you feel necessary. I will try my level best to find the best girl for your brother. As soon as I find her, I will let you know. Neelam – By the way, what’s your fees? Aman – I charge only eleven thousand rupees and that also after marriage.Neelam – Okay. Good. I will be waiting for your phone call. Aman – Okay. Neelam – Nice talking to you. See you soon. Aman – Same here. She went back to lady teachers sitting on the other side. I wondered, “When will any girl come to me looking for a groom?” Then a male teacher came to me and asked me to note down his profile. I thought, “I guess my plan flopped! All are coming to me only for finding brides.” The college was over but not even a single teacher came to me seeking help for finding a groom. At about 7 p.m. in my homeI was watching tv along with pop corns. My eyes were in the direction of tv but my mind was somewhere else. I was popping pop corns into my mouth with my mind absorbed in thoughts.I thought, “I have to do something extra to find a girl for myself. I can’t wait for a long. Only a month left and then all girls will back to their homes never to see their faces again. You have little time, Aman. Do something! But what should I do? Oh shit! Nothing is coming to my mind.... Let me see if in our whats app group, is there any new instruction posted by our teacher (Teacher trainer) for us.”I opened the whats app group in which we all teachers were present who were attending special in-service training. At once, an idea struck my mind, “I should check the names of lady teachers in the group. From their names, I will come to know about their castes. I have already experienced that caste system still matters in marriages even in 2022. I will find the girl of my caste and then I will try to contact her. Wow! What an idea sir ji! Hehe.”I started checking the names. One name was Hemlatta arora. The word “Arora” hit the centre of my eye! I said to myself, “Arora! She is of my caste. I should contact her. God, please, this girl should not be married!” I sent a whats app message to her, “Hi Hemlatta mam, are you looking for marriage? If you are looking for marriage, then I can help you.”She replied, “Thanks a lot. I am looking for marriage but not with any stranger but with my boyfriend.”I was shocked to hear that, “Oh gosh! Even teachers have their boyfriends, even at this age!”I texted her, “So you are going to marry your boyfriend. That’s great.”She replied back to me, “It’s not like that. I am in a big trouble.”I texted her, “Trouble? What kind of trouble? Can I call you?”She wrote, “Yes.”I called her and she picked up my phone. I asked her very politely, “Hey, which trouble are you talking about?”Hemlatta – Trouble with my marriage. Aman – You can share with me if you like. Hemlatta – Yeah, of course, I can share with you. You are a very decent and very nice guy. I know that you will never discuss my secret with anyone. Aman – Yeah, sure. Be tension free. I will not share anything with anyone. Hemlatta – Actually, I belong to a hindu arora family but my boyfriend’s caste is S.C. As our castes are different from each other, my parents are not ready to marry me with him. Aman – And what about his family?Hemlatta – His family is okay with the marriage. They don’t have any problem. I don’t know why my parents have problem with him! It’s 2022 and caste system is irrelevant today! Aman – Yeah, you are right. Your parents are not doing good with you. I thought, “With a great difficulty, I found one girl of my caste and she also has a boyfriend! Shit! Shit! Damn it!”Hemlatta – Yes, they are not doing good to me. I don’t know why they are not agreeing. Aman – Actually, Hemlatta mam, these things happen and these things are very common. You know what, I also tried for my marriage. I talked to many girls’ parents and you won’t believe it, all were interested in my caste! Most of them rejected me just on the basis of my caste. Hemlatta – Oh, so sad! You are such a nice boy, I don’t why those fools are rejecting you. Aman – I mean to say, it’s not only you who are suffering from caste system, I guess almost all Indians are suffering from it. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)